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Really wish we could tell how many cassettes it can hold...
>>11565700I hope they can hold the siege cassettes
>>11565708They already did 86 Rumble and Frenzy, so unless Hasbro plans on releasing them AGAIN in a different size they should be able to.
>>11565700I think its two just by looking at the depth of the plastic chest plate.
>>11565711That'd make it worth upgrading. But something tells me he'll be easy to find in stores.
>$43AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>11565677>>11565679From what I can tell this is just some fun promo to turn the transformers store into a Transformer storeI appreciate the design language being consistent with other titans. This wouldn't look out of place next to Metroplex.And given that this has a mini comic and more than one piece of promo art, someone put some effort in
>>11565714Voyager probably has 1 year left before it gets Core'd. No one is buying them at this price.
>>11565714Seems like a fair price.
>>11565718Little soon to assume that, since it just started.
>>11565714I'm pretty much only buying Studio Series 86 at this point.
>>11565714Depressing and hilarious. Not even an ankle tilt for that price.
Blokees Action Megatrons weapons with 86 Megatron. Shame they are a bit too big.
>>11565714is this before or after the price increase from Hasbro moving to Boston?
Mace just flops around, but doesn't fall off. Could just use some paper/tape for a more secure fit.
>>11565728before :)
>>11565728After
>>11565728The future
>>11565727Is the throne included with that too big for SS86 Megs?
>>11565736You have to sit him on the edge or else his feet don't touch the ground.
the cassette weapons all partsform btw ;)$60 + tax
>>11565718My guess is most of the brand is getting Core'd. We are running on fumes of what they have left to offer old manchildren that still buy toys for any of those price points. Like nearly $30 for Last Knight Barricade? I don't see enough interest in that even with it just being him and Airachnid being the only Deluxe SS figures next quarter. I Don't think Studio Series or the other mainline are going to see past 2026.
>>11565763What a cute fantasy.
>>11565763It would probably be more accurate to say we are getting g2'd. The line as a whole dies save for a few foreign markets that get some new stuff that gets adapted here on rare occasions.It's Brave's time to return
>>11565769>It would probably be more accurate to say we are getting g2'dThat is likely the best case and much like them reissue Grimlock and other Dinobots it's just going to be this slow death of them selling reissues of in demand figures until they get something else to make cash or it crashes and burns.
>>11565769One has to wonder what sort of swerve would be capable of revitalizing the franchise, if anything. Beast Wars was a radical reinvention, but you can't just do it again (even though they should)
>tired>sleep in>turns out today was the day all the preorders drop>Soundwave already sold out at PulseFug
>>11565763The line will continue, but with current voyager prices, the last one's I'll get are Brawl and Swindle, I'm not going to gamble for an incomplete Bruticus.
>>11565774The brand is getting hit on by too many dies. When G2 failed toys were still cheap and easy to be made and show syndication was still affordable for toy brands to invest in. Even before the tariffs costs to make toys was climbing badly and costs of show productions were suffering the same. Compound the tariff wars and the much smaller kids population wanting toys and you enter this very difficult to escape death spiral that many brands are suffering.
>>11565776>The line will continueAll things end anon. It'll be slow at first and then suddenly.
Is it still worth getting Lego Soundwave?
>>11565783When Hasbro dies, sure. TF is still one of their few money makers.
>swooshes by>absolutely NO fucks given>refuses to elaborate
>>11565714This is how they're paying for nexus being a combiner but a voyager
>>11565784If you like building stuff>>11565786nah.It's like divorce or bankruptcy anon, in spite of the cracks, you think that bad outcome is still far away and will need this serious extreme outcome for it to happen when, no,it's just one day you wake up, and it's over. Things will look fine and then late 2026 it'll just be over. See you then.
>>11565752Tapes historically did
>>11565787Absolute scenes>another ghost scream enjoyerSuperb taste
Walmarts put the preorders up at the old pricesGo go go
>>11565748Hey, that's still pretty good if you don't have the one from Leader Starscream.
>>11565774Transformers 2d animated by trigger, a line of uniquely designed figures with only passing resemblance to g1 designs while still obviously being the character, and a line wide gimmick that doesn't hamper the figure but provides a fun feature for kids.Bonus points if there is a cheap collectable component to the line like minicons, customizable armor, or planet keys to draw completionists and kids.The show NEEDS to be easily avalible and properly advertised. Being exclusive to a streaming platform would make it doa.
>>11565791hot take: I don't think cassettes parts forming is a bad thing if the deployer figure has a place to store the weapons.
>>11565811Just make sure you have a backup preorder since Walmart loves to cancel at the last minute.
>>11565714What happened to 86 Thundercracker being Wave 1? Fucking tired of Hasbro shenanigans.
I hope they make an ashen grey dead coronation Starscream with the Earthrise mold before they retire it once and for all. If not, I'll just spray paint mine grey when the inevitable SS86 Starscream 2.0 is announced
>>11565811I am not getting in a hurry to pay $25/$35 bucks for these guys. Fucksakes are things so bad now that we should be excited for that?
>>11565786>When Hasbro dies, sure.they basically are in the process of dying. the boston move is the first sign of thatI will be shocked if they're still around after 2030
>>11565714Still probably gonna get it. Either that or hunt down a third party Trion with an alt mode that is just different enough to not be a sweep boat.
>>11565830Not really, it was a 30 min move
>>11565824Sorry bud, none of that is going to do it this time. You can't just recycle what they did 2 decades ago and nobody gives a fuck about trigger except for the current target audience that is already dwindling. If they bothered releasing a game that's not shovelware you would have a whole bunch of zoomies/alphas ready to paypig. Just make a game, and tie the exclusive skins to codes you get from buying a figure. Easy money.
>>11565833which makes it even more pointless
>>11565775you wanted that piece of shit?
>>11565786LMAO they have already admitted more than once that MTG and other non-toy shit keeps them afloat. Wake up anon, it's not 2007 anymore.
>>11565320>“We are not engineers, we are dance choreographers”
>>11565824The bigger issue of how do they get that show in front of any eyes? It's why a lot of series are doing as bad as they are. Not only are you picking your streaming site to broadcast your product you are having to compete all the backlog before it came. Gone are the days of 12 big cartoon shows fighting each other on three or four channels, it's a streaming site that has a massive archive that the kids/parents can choose at any time. It's like that new Cyberworld show, not only are you having to get the kid to want to watch it, you are having to pick that over the 4 hour streamathon of Bluey or Minecraft. Hub and even the 86 movie showed that quality means shit if no one is tuning in. >>11565827They are stretching things out, most of the brands are breaking everything up into smaller waves and drip feeding out because of how much things are fucked up for next year. Things are slowing down a lot.
>>11565833look into certain bankruptcy laws for the state. A major "necessary" move can get you a decent parachute when everything comes crashing down.
>>11565839Universe Hound is still one of my all-time favorites. Shame Kubalsky doesn't work at Takara anymore.
I just want the G2 version of Sludge and Swoop and along with Quickstrike.
>>11565844Are they in the leaks? I feel anything planned between now and next year will happen in some way.
>>11565847Tell that to Velocitron Hot Rod. That poor bastard will never see the light of day.
>>11565835A lot of companies have moved into smaller, more affordable offices as they've shifted to more remote workSome times you just have to wait for ideal timing
I imagine the original G1 cassettes will go in, but perhaps be a bit loose inside? I don't have Studio Rumble or frenzy so I don't know the size difference.
>>11565864The G1 cassettes are way bigger. They won't fit into any of the modern toys.
>>11565847Yes. They said for 2026.
>>11565786Transformers is their 6th best behind MTG, D&D(yes it's fuck up but it still is profitable),Hasbro Games, Nerf and Play-Doh.
>>11565868They'll fit in ONE modern toy.
Deluxe will be phased out.Voyager will be the new deluxeLeader will be the new voyager Commander will be the new leaderTrump and hasbro greed caused this.
>>11565899>TrumpLet's be fair here - Hasbro was already in the shitter long before he took office.
>>11565877Okay, in terms of toys only its still one of their best.
>>11565834>and nobody gives a fuck about triggerit did wonders for Cyberpunk.
>>11565843Takara could use some of his style at the moment. At least he's still doing great work at MMC.>>11565899>Voyager will be the new deluxe>Leader will be the new voyagerThese are already well underway.
>>11565833>>11565835>>11565855they moved from a state that was given them tax benefits for a city and state that has a higher cost of living and more taxes. Cocks is intentionally tanking this shit, if they really cared about costs they'd move to a flyover state or something. he just wants to have a good time before it all implodes in on itself.
>>11565877I think you might be confusing profit margins and overall profit
BBTS FINALLY sent me my Vector Prime DNA upgrade kit; I had almost forgotten that I had even ordered it at this point, but it's here. It's not perfect, but he looks a lot more tolerable now - after getting my hands on the Universe variant of the original toy, I realized just how badly they mangled the Legacy toy. Now he's got some properly-sized shoulder pads and wings, his wrist gauntlets, two options for a larger, better-looking Rhisling sword, new bits that resemble his old leg armor and cover the leftover sockets and exposed wiring from the Jhiaxus mold, and his toe-guns on platform shoes that add some much needed height to him overall.
>>11565911Unfortunately, there's just no salvaging the alt mode - even with the bigger wings, he's still too stumpy, and his rear section is still completely wrong even with those plates covering the wiring on his legs/fuselage. I'm not a fan of having to partsform his boots and shoulder pads every time I transform him now, but it could be worse. Now I need to find a Safeguard to 'complete' him.
>>11565914Also, I got these guys last week and forgot to show them off - this four pack with 'Covert Clone' Sideswipe, Trenchfoot, Grand Slam and Raindance came out right around the time I came back to Transformers and started collecting, and I missed it entirely because I had no idea exclusives were a thing; I'm glad it was reissued over on Pulse recently. While I don't really know much about this version of Sideswipe (other than the fact that he's apparently not the original), I really like the colorscheme on him. Trenchfoot is pretty neat, too - while he's similar in color to the "Captive Pinpointer" that came with the Netflix Siege Megatron, he actually has some paint details on him, something I don't remember seeing on any of the other Battlemasters - in his case, he's got some white on his belly and clavicle area, making him match Sideswipe nicely.Grand Slam and Raindance are...weird, and made weirder when I went and looked up the characters (who I was unfamiliar with but thought looked cool). It seems that the originals were cassette bots, but instead of turning into animals or little robots like the more well-known guys, these two became little 'Cybertronian' vehicles - Grand Slam's the tank, and Raindance is the jet. They were also sort of a mini combiner team, and could merge into a single robot known as 'SlamDance', with Grand Slam making up the upper torso and Raindance becoming the legs.
>>11565915Robot modes. Grand Slam's and Raindance's new toys made some changes - they've lost their cassette modes entirely now, so they can only go between their individual vehicle modes and their combiner body part forms; their alt modes have changed shape, looking more like Earthmode vehicles (though not really accurate to anything in particular), and their combined SlamDance form is now a Deluxe-sized figure - except Grand Slam and Raindance have swapped positions, with Grand Slam now becoming SlamDance's legs while Raindance becomes the upper torso.While their origins as cassettes explains their unusual lack of individual robot modes, I still find them to be a bit strange - vehicle cassettes already struck me as odd, but now that their modern toys have lost their cassette forms entirely, having the characters relegated to only being vehicles or body parts is just weird. They're still pretty neat, though.
whatchu guys think. worth it? lil repaint action?
>>11565925Beast Wars character, instant pass.
>>11565925>worth it?No. Get the T30.
>>11565714you must understand. his transformation so so complex! He has to stand up, and when you're old.. that's hard!
>>11565925If you love the character, sureOtherwise pass
>>11565774just do a show with good, mature writing. make that your gimmick. then don't make the toys shitty and overpriced. there, i rescued your business.
>>11565781I don't know of any brands, any industries that aren't experiencing this.Though people accuse some of making profit, and just like the black plague, whoever wasn't sick, they accuse them of causing it.>>11565787nyyyyooomgotta admit this makes me want both of them.
>>11565908I mean it makes sense to me. businesses have been labeled public enemy no. 1 for a while now, at a certain point you have to assume you will be torn down, and since that means failure is inevitable, the only logical option left is to embezzle.this is why accusations are self-fulfilling and counterproductive.
>>11565925at that price its okay but yeah he was the most disappointing BW figure
>>11565899I do believe he's deliberately destroying the economy, yes. flawless false flag opbut no point in discussing that here, he makes a buck every time his name's mentionedlet's all just put our fingers in our ears and pretend everything is fine. I've got an already-custom-painted Dinobot that I'm gonna re-custom-paint since I got the Premium Finish one. it's gonna be so great you guys.
>>11565915>>11565916man thanks for sharing. it's cool to see people enjoyin posing transformers n shit.>>11565927got it already. hence the repaint plan.
Here's your new Shockwave
>>11565932Worked for Horse Show.... for a couple seasons.
>>11565944>whalethey were this close to SHARKWAVE
>>11565944I get the feeling Evan was set on submarine and had to adapt it...
>>11565944I don't hate it but its not very imaginative. Probably should've given people what they wanted with Spino or HoS Shockwave and called it a day.
>>11565944cute
>>11565950lol retarded spino cucks still seething
>>11565963i want a SPINOWHALE
>>11565965AN ORGANIC SPINOWHALE! GIVE MORE FUZORS!
>>11565944>>11565947>feet and legs form lower jaw and underside>front of best head folds up into backpack>left arm ends in the tail fins>blaster part in beast mode mouthIt's a Sky-Byte retool/engineering reuse
>>11565968They probably drew up concepts based on existing figures so they could speed up the design process. It'll be too hard to retool skybyte into that. You're talking cosmos from origins bee on steroids
>>11565944Fucking Shock-whale
>>11565944Meh, might skip it. I expected something more scary and alien with deep sea monster. This is just a case like >>11565949 said, vote was rigged.
>>11565967i'm with you, brother. i like robot animals sometimes, but the transformation has to be a LOT more complex to be interesting. Most of the time I want an organicformer, where part of the charm is like, the robot is hidden. which part of him will come out and be metal and a different color, and which part IS part of the beast?>>11565968>>11565971yeah I think you're right, an 'engineering reuse.' Same concept, totally new mold. I'm all for those.
>>11565944>teeth on what is clearly a baleen whalei'll give it a pass because baleen looks dumb, but I would like multiple whaleformers please. and a narwhal. and a dolphin combiner called Podimus Brine.
Is Megatron HISS tank worth $40?
Well that's annoying.
>>11565981$40, sure. The GI Joe transformers are very clearly made for the childhood fantasy of "what if the Joe vehicle could be a transformer" so if you're not onboard with the GI Joe play element you're basically just buying a toy with a janky weird kibble covered bot mode.
>>11565944SHOCKWHALEOn first impression, I say I dig itGood job on making Shockwave just a little bit aquatic. The respirator on the head design is a cool touchI love how easily this drawing appears to translate to a real object, shows the difference between an actual toy designer and a lot of fan artistsIf >>11565949 is right then the only real vestigial bits would be the missile launching in the bottom corner. This whale looks suitably separate from the menacing tube of a submarine, plus we wouldn't've gotten the big gun in the whale mouth
>>11565774X-Men 97 but with Transfomers. The sort of in between season 2 and the movie. Art style made to resemble Sunbow 2D animation. Megatron hatches goofy plans where Starscream says “That plan won’t work”. Introduce some later characters like Arcee, Ultra Magnus. There, I revitalized your franchise.
>>11565983if you do any model work I suggest shaving a very slight amount of that corner on the main body, with knife or sand paper/stick. I carefully took swipes with my 1.5 glass raser stick a few times and that got rid of that.
>>11566010>X-Men 97 but with TransfomersGod, please no. Most of the cast is full blown dead or nearly there.
>>11566012Difference is I want the same 80’s writing of Meg’s makes some goofy weapon or wants some sort of made up energy thing.
>>11565688The new Ravage actually looks pretty good.
>>11565944A Shockwhale doesn't really feel like a bad guy altmode compared to Crabwave or Squidwave or whatever, but it seems to be implemented okay. The important thing will be how the actual toy version is.
>>11565774make good video games.Headmaster FPS that plays like Titanfall 2.Hire furman to write for it.
>>11566019aww he's cute.the shape they chose for the rear paws is a little odd, but..
>>11565944this is actually really cool>>11565714this meanwhile sucks assI can understand and begrudgingly accept the price increases on deluxes and leaders, but what the fuck is up with voyagers?
>>11566018You'll never get it. The movie has painted the perception of Transformers as something more than just "and then Megatron stole the energon cubes and used the Transblastimorphizer to make it so the Autobots could only make left turns to prevent his plan from being stopped"
>>11565774>One has to wonder what sort of swerve would be capable of revitalizing the franchiseThis one
>>11566010IIRC Hasbro has an explicit rule in place banning anyone from pitching a Season 2.5 Transformers cartoon or comic covering the twenty year gap from the 80s cartoon. Worse case scenario we get Robert Kirkman's Transformers which will still flop ala the Netflix TF shows did
>>11566018why?isn't that what all the netflix shorts are for? just dumb mindless crap for small kids?
>>11565944I like it, honestly. Also, looks more like a Janjucetus Dullardi rather than a modern whale, which is neat.
>>11566038Why is this such a hard concept for you people to grab? This one scene from Earthspark, but that being the whole series. That’s what I want.
>>11566046I don't. We had Sunbow, I liked Sunbow, i dont want more Sunbow. I want something new. Why is this such a hard concept for you to grasp?Besides, that segment was animated really shittily and only looks good in still-images. It didn't capture 80s animation in movement and looked digital.
>>11566045yknow except for the huge obvious baleen expanding-pocket throat
>>11566054Shockwhalve is going to KRILL you to death.
>>11566054and the mono-eye blowhole>>11566055do you always make such good funnies or was that one just a fluke?
Where's Mixmaster?
>>11566023Hasbro only makes mobile slop now
>>11566010god no, xmen 97 flopped.Recapturing an older style of animation isn't a bad idea, especially cause it can be done better today than before.But you can't expect any modern audience to know the g1 lore anymore.
>>11565985I am very on board with that play element and honestly think the kibble looks cool. Looking up some videos though, idk, I hear his plastic is rather soft and has gaps everywhere but he's big af which is nice and his tank mode is to scale with vintage. Hmm I'm not sure, I doubt I would ever be able to find it cheaper then that
>>11566018You got that in Cyberverse series and now Cyberworld. >>11566050>We had Sunbow, I liked Sunbow, i don't want more Sunbow.This, the series even ended on a high note. Why do you people want endless growth that just leads to cancer? Look at Western Comics or Star Wars, what did getting the same fucking slop for endless decades get you? Got you shit like Spider-man selling his marriage and unborn kid to the Devil to save his octogenarian Aunt and Luke Skywalker becoming an alien goat sucking incel. You saw all that and though, "yeah I should risk that on my beloved childhood too." Fuck that, I sooner take they just stop making products. We got 9 movies, 16 animated series, and 4 decades of comics. Star Trek is the only other comparable SciFi with this much comparable content in 40 years. We are good, stop wanting to make things worse just to fill your empty holes anon.
>>11566073Forget the lore it be to uncanny valley. Animating it would not look right, even in that scene in Earth Spark it was off, all the VA's being different would be jarring, like what wee saw in the Devastation Video game with Thundercracker, Shockwave and a few others. And even as good as the Starscream fill in was it still felt off, like you knew it wasn't the OG guy. You be making a product that no one would like.
>>11566081>16 animated seriesJumps to 24 if you count the Japanese series. 31 if you count the dub series of G1, BWs, and the OG Car Robots and their versions of the UT series too.
>>11565983Just push upwards on the hinge. It goes in. No need to hack at the figure
>>11565827>the seekers would be easy to get this time the shills said
Does anyone have a Nova prime with the upgrade kit? He arrived today and he's awesome, but wouldnt mind him being a bit more bulky. (Only scanned the wiki a bit about the character, just a cool bot to me)
>>11566116Yeah the upgrade kit is essential, Nova needs his big wings not those pathetic little flappers. It helps the truck mode look better than the absolute dogshit it is normally. Still not a great truck mind you, but better.
>>11566116I have it on preorder from BBTS. It was supposed to come out last month, but then I checked last week and its now coming out this month, supposedly. Good luck preordering from BTS, its sould out
>>11565774Get the High Moon guys back for more games. Make a cool anime with cool designs like Transformers Armada.
>>11566130>>11566132I might have to order it then, it's on sale from a domestic site and I'm super tempted. Bot mode is definitely a winner but truck mode is questionable, so a bulkier truck and even bigger bot would be cool
He looks ok when not in that studio lightingI still think his shoulders and arms need some greebling though, like its really flat looking
>>11566073>xmen 97 flopped.because it took something set in the 90s and decided to be 2020s woke as fuck. Real fucking dumb idea.>Recapturing an older style of animation isn't a bad idea, especially cause it can be done better today than before.Agree. But you also know it won't be. It would cost less than a tenth today to make what art looked like back then, but nobody's gonna shell it out.
>>11566153>those incomplete yellow stripes in alt modejesus fucking christ I can't wait for takara to fix this disaster
the back looks kinda weird...why are the buttons also at the backand I guess you can store the weapons inside this part like batteries?https://youtu.be/RDHk0MfU_5c
got my Megatron. Comparing him to movie Megs. I underestimated how tall he is compared to movie Megs.
>>11566161He has two sets of buttons so his crotch isn't just a single plywood plank in robot mode.
looks good together. Debating if Megatronus needs the DNA Design upgrade kit
>>11566161>why are the buttons also at the backBecause he fauxforms his buttons just like the netflix mold, the alt mode buttons become his buttplate + hip skirts
>>11566165>>11566170oh I get what you mean. Its kinda obvious now from this>>11566153
You guys seen this? BBTS made a short animated ad for Soundwavehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IietYKDcdW0They're calling stop motion but that articulation seems almost too good to be true.
>>11565944Damn my autism, this ruins everything!
>>11566195i saw 'celibate transformers day' and i'm like.. oh yeah, most of them haven't done it..
>>11566224wotsit ruin, boke?
>>11566255I was gonna put him with the Beast Wars Predacons! But only Maximals have mammal alt-modes!
>>11566257His visual style doesn't match either. He seems to be working off G1 with good guy dinosaurs and bad guy mammal and bird guys.
>>11566258At least it looks neat. Hope his beast mode is nice and flexible.
>>11566257there's always a few exceptions! though.. it's hard to imagine Shockwave changing sides or anythinghere's the thing though, ROBOT beast modes have never followed that. the original predacons were all sorts of animals, and the dinobots were autobots.>>11566258ah yeah what this guy said.
>>11566260looking at it.. i imagine it will only be an up and down movement at the robot elbows forming the tail. the pectoral fins will hopefully be ball jointed, but it's not hard to imagine them only allowing for movement related to folding down onto the shins. which is brilliant, by the way.
>>11566261I'll just go with "logically the largest animal on Earth is the optimum beast mode choice", that sounds like him.
>>11566267ohh yeah.that doesn't quite look like a rorqual to me, more of a humpback, but that's super nitpicky. I'll take it.
>>11566267You are what you eat, Shockwave
finally completed the bugs
they look good together
>New "titan" is the powerplant from Red AlertI don't get it.
>>11566307>>11566306Do chopshop and barrage have proper deception emblems?
>>11565904Cyberwhat? Oh, the flavor of the month anime that came out over a year ago?
>>11565944hahahahahahahahahaha holy shit!
>>11565944feels like the tail could have been straightened down on top by having that be the elbow side and having his upper and lower arms be roughly flat there.. I guess if you bent it down slightly, you'd get like... like this, which is pretty naturalistic ..
>>11566081Agreed. Transformers had a good run. They have already produced more cool toys than I own, so I could spend the rest of my time filling in gaps from years past. Besides, most of the shit they pump out now are sidegrades.
>>11566159>I wouldn't hold your breath for another Dramatic Capture just yet. T-Spark has made it very clear that Transformers are no longer a priority for Takara.
>>11566254OPTIMUS PRIME IS A VIRGIN
>>11565944Kinda neat weirdly reminds me of sharkticon and 52toy stuff. I love animal transformers but I'm scared itll be an exclusive or too expensive.
so does shockwave spend a lot on gacha games?
>>11566011I don't, sadly.If you're able to, could you please show me where you did it on yours?
>>11566363I can see him being one of those guys who denounces joy in general because it isn't productive, because he's so logic-focused. So he wouldn't even play real games.
>>11566081I was a Beast Wars kid so it immediately got ruined and I didnt have to wait 20 years.
>>11566372You just described a gacha whale and gacha games.
>>11566376Even then. I feel like Shockwave would be able to notice all the bullshit they do and be able to avoid it. If any Transformer were to be immune to gambling, it would be Shockwave. If he were to play any games, they'd be dolled-up exercises.
>>11566361oooh I like this one a lot. aside from the bulging krelbows and the huge backpack. I'd really love to see another crack taken at this guy.
>>11566116I sold my nova with upgrade kit and a better upgraded head like 2 months ago. You should lurk the bst threads
>>11566376oh are there people who just metagame it until it's literally about nothing but pulls?
>>11566388huh?
>>11566306>>11566307They look great together. Bums me out I won't be able to get Ransack unless they do a single release for him, but I'm not paying rape prices just to complete the off brand Insecticons.
>>11566257>But only Maximals have mammal alt-modes!I guess a gray area here is the toy version of Predacon Ravage. He transformed into a cassette tape in the show, but his bot mode had mammal features, and all his toys transform into a panther.
>>11566396ehh the panther is the robot mode, so that gray area is pretty light gray.. but yeah.. but that's a good point. All the toys do tend to have panther modes where he just stands up. And not one ever includes his shikoro. You know I never noticed him turning into a tape on the show til someone pointed it out. It just seemed so abrupt, you hear the classic transforming noise, something flies into the console, DECEPTICONS FOREVER and it's over. Kinda like season 3.
>impatiently waits for the other 2 airealbots to show up locallyI could buy them online right now on BBTS, but shipping kills me.
>>11566406>the panther is the robot modeWell even the old Takara toy had him transform into a panther as the alt mode. Honestly, we only saw him transform into a tape on the show, but official media says he was rebuilt as a predacon, and the official Takara Transformers Metals Manga has his alt mode as a panther. So yea, technically he is a predacon with a mammalian alt mode (panther).
Honestly was expecting more from SS86, gonna just keep Legacy around.
Where is he you BASTARDS!?
>>11565736no it isnt, Megatron fits perfectly on that throne that came with sarscream.>>11565748 this is the throne that comes with the Blokees Megatron and not the ss86 Starscream btw.
>>11566024it's angled that way so you can get 3 differnt stances from the rear legs
>>11566390Its Athena a serial shitposter schizo just ignore and report.
>>11566382He got a ton of cool repaints too. Mostly for Botcon. He was the second version of Skybyte we got. And had G1 Sharkticon colors. And in Japan they made him Axalon, the ship from Beast Wars of all things
>>11566413There was Shadowpanther but his whole thing was that he disguised himself as a mammal to spy on the Maximals. I think everyone else are just black or evil repaints. Razorclaw (who is technically a decepticon but has a Maximal logo on his chest and was a Predacon), Galvaconvoy Black Leo Convoy, Universe Nemesis Prime the Bug Convoy who was also technically a Decepticon with a Maximal logo...Oh wait Car Robots had the Squirrel and Skunk that went with the frog and Megatron and Skybyte. So those two actually count. And the weird Cerberus guy we got in our line There was a cool borg Wolf Predacon in BWII,
>>11566450
>>11566451I also just got nostalgia for that Orca micro playset. The little guys fit in the cockpit of Optimal Optimus too. But it was a maximal too.
Oh and the BW Predacon computer became a Dolphin girl thanks to Japan.I think that's everything.
>>11566451Max Roger
>>11566257Hopefully, >>11566413, >>11566450, >>11566451, and >>11566453 has calmed your autism about mammalian predacons, anon. Now let's continue the excitement about shockwhale
>>11566457It makes mine worse, fucking japan, fucking with the obvious rules. Unwritten rules, yes but so fucking obvious. All because of their bug fetish and having to have bugs be good guys in BWII
>>11566407With everything going on I wager those two will be easy to get so you'll find them. For me Amazon got the last two Air boys to roll out to my place the first week of this month and they are still up for preorder so the stock must be pretty big for them and/or demand isn't that strong. Really right now it's just Megs and the Green boys that seem to have any strong demand and I don't think that's going to stay. Things are getting hard for many and with nearly everything fished twice over I can't see the demand staying, which is good for these next two to three waves and it'll be whatever comes late next year that will be made underproduction and be rare. Assuming things stay as they are and don't get worse around the world that is, that could change all these factors and perhaps 1Q 2026 figures will be rare because WW3 or something kicks off.
>>11565944I feel like we are just being bamboozled into letting these clowns make their awful ideas but blame the "fans" for what they picked.
>>11566464The truth is, the game was rigged from the start...
>>11565944shoulda been an anglerfish
>>11566464>>11566465They're the same ones that added the absurd geisha motif to Windblade for no reason whatsoever after all.
>>11566464Im what world is a whale alt mode Shockwave a bad idea? At this point, I'll take these characters in pretty much ANY new alt modes, because the constant starscream = jet, bumblebee = car, Prime = truck bit got old a decade ago. I welcome any creativity this franchise can throw at me, and a whale alt mode is nothing if not creative.
>>11566407>waits for the other 2 airealbots to show up locallyCheck Gamestop. I literallt never saw a single aerialbot at my 2 local targets and 5 local walmarts. I did see a bunch of the fuckers at every Gamestop I checked, though.
>>11566469>>11566464I keep saying that this type of fan votes need to strip design team out of any control.
>>11566450>Razorclaw (who is technically a decepticon but has a Maximal logo on his chest and was a Predacon)Razorclaw was a Maximal, actually - he was a time-displaced Tigerhawk who had become corrupted and ended up murdering everyone on both sides of the conflict in his original timeline; he created a paradox that basically deleted his home universe, and only survived destruction himself because Unicron plucked him up, dragged him across time and space, and rebranded him as a Decepticon so he could be one of his heralds.
>>11566499>Im what world is a whale alt mode Shockwave a bad idea?The world where they denied us better ship and submarine modes. The Whale is something not only no one asked for, but is something that is far off anyone wanted. Pewople would have sooner taken Tidal Wave as a whale over this. I swear it feels like the toy staff comes here and tries to force narratives.
>>11566336Yes, you can just about make them out on their chests >>11566307
>>11566499>>11566529It went so bad the team had to make clear that Shockwave wasn't going to be a boat or sub to keep the fans in check. They already knew what they wanted damn the fan. That's why this shit is awful and should be ignored, like >>11566464 said they are just tricking their bosses to force their awful OC on us.
>>11566529>something that is far off anyone wanted.speak for yourself - I always preffered animalformers to vehicleformers, and a whale alt mode is something new that we haven't seen a million times already. I'm perfectly happy with the new Shockwave, and am looking forward to getting him when he comes out.Also>HoS ShockwaveWe're supposed to be getting him anyway, ya dingus. The point of the vote wasn't to speed the process along, it was to make something that wasn't a rehash of the same tired designs over and over.
>Brown Titan >Shockwave as an OC fishbitI can't tell if they are just pulling Mighty Spector shit now or if their is some bigger idea to it all.
>>11566533>it was to make something that wasn't a rehash of the same tired designs over and over.Right that's why everyone was wanting a submarine and they had to tell the fans "no, you get another fucking fish bot"
>>11566537>a whale is a fish
>>11566469>They're the same onesThey aren't thoIt's a different staff
I don't like the fact that one third of a commander class is taller than 4 Voyager and 2 Deluxe combined
>>11566407$4 is too much to ship? How broke are you?
>>11566537>Right that's why everyone was wanting a submarine and they had to tell the fans "no, you get another fucking fish bot"Well then why did submarine lose the vote? If everyone wanted it, it would have won
>>11566558Not everyone is from US of Murrika. The "flat $4" rate applies only to the contiguous states.
>>11566529>poll literally says will not be an existing design>fans "VOTE FOR BOAT WE'LL GET HEARTS OF STEEL SHOCKWAVE VOTE FOR CREATURE WE'LL GET THE SPINOSAURUS FROM THAT ONE FAN ART"Transformer fans are retarded
>>11566537>Right that's why everyone was wanting a submarine and they had to tell the fans "no, you get another fucking fish bot"But a robot pretending to be a fish in the water is technical speaking a submarine
>>11566037I kinda don't blame Hasbro for doing that. just doing G1 again would be boring but its also kinda hypocritical given how G1 the evergreen era is. Netflix's WFC Trilogy was the closest thing to an actual G1 reboot and that fucking sucked.
>>11565899They will keep the deluxe and leader classes, but leader will functionally voyager. Commander will be old leader, and be rare.Deluxe is always funny to me because it implies something under its class... and now there really isnt.
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I think you might be on something with the nixing of the Voyager price point after AOTP is done. So for the inevitable. Protectobots we’ll probably see two deluxes, what was been Voyagers would be a commander two pack, and a commander Hotspot. I just want a new First Aid because I did not like how the. Combiner Wars one looked and want an animation accurate one sorely.
>>11566596>goshitter fag is projecting
>>11566529>I swear it feels like the toy staff comes here and tries to force narratives.Do you know how much of a petulant child you sound like? It was a fan poll on Instagram and they didn't clarify specifics like the "no fan art" rule until after the second vote started.
>>11566602
>>11566537>another fucking fish bot"As someone else said, a whale isn't a fish. Also, "another fish bot", when looking p a t your retardation, implies there have been multiple whale-formers. I literally cant think of ONE.
>>11566529He was pretty awesome, yeah.
Gamestop is finally fucking shipping my Long Haul and Hook, super stoked to hopefully have Devastator together by the end of the week.
>>11566645A shame this thing is apparently a rickety son of a bitch with a waist held together by two tiny clips 'cuz he looks incredible.
>>11566655>rickety son of a bitchIt's now "son of a cow" (female whale).
>>11566361I could 100% see them doing a headswap repaint for this guy.
Sharkwave and Squidwave were considered
>>11566717Flip Squidwave into a different guy then.
>>11565979>>11566054>>11566045Explicitly called a humpback and explicitly given teeth because he's a decepticon
>>11566717All three of those have been done before, though.
>>11566717>Top is more like a shark-inspired plane>manta ray could have been cool but i'd seethe about depth charge>If I hate one thing about beast wars designs it's useless insect legs just hanging out, one tentacle plugged into the arm to replicate the hose would have been sick thoughHonestly I like Shockwhale, I had basking shark in my head with a similar mouth gimmick to what we are getting
>>11566413fair. yeah it's clear there aren't like LAWS about this, but one assumes hey if the 'cons wanna downgrade into more fuel efficient bodies, let's just kinda let them have whatever mode they wantand anyway it's still a metal cat, so it's not as if.. I mean I'm pretty sure on Cybertron people are still vehicles or random robot animals or tape players and junk, not all organic shit from other planets
>>11566444in a way
>>11566451even before he borged, he was already a predacon wolf in japan. Confusingly also named Wolfang, but pronounced the german way instead. separate characters.
>>11566738>>manta ray could have been cool but i'd seethe about depth chargeI think I'd have felt the same if we'd gotten Squidwave.
Isn't there a idw blue decepticon female that turns into a boat? what are the chances it's just a pretool for that character to get a toy?
>>11566037You have to be able to find a source for such an extreme claim
>>11566018>Difference is I want the same 80’s writing of Meg’s makes some goofy weapon or wants some sort of made up energy thingHas that ever not been a thing? Perhaps Animated Megs would be the outlier? I feel like all the other Megatrons, even Beast Wars, was like that. Having weekly schemes of goofy weapons and what not.
Wild King is a lot better than whatever Hasbro does
>>11566776prime Megatron was focused on weekly schemes as well but usually less goofy. I can't bear to sit through any of the Unicron trilogy to see what's going on there.
>>11566784Unicron trilogy was a lot better than the terrible melodrama prime crap was that took itself super seriously. even beast wars was silly at times
>>11566765Seems unlikely for a pretool for any boat.
>>11566776>Animated Megs would be the outlier?Technically no if only for the things he did in the first season, but they were never his idea so much as just weird opportunities would arise like the Dinobots, and Soundwave. He wasn't thinking "I want to make a toy to give to a little girl that will gather the need power and parts to become my new body" So much as "this is likely one of my only chance of getting out of here" However after Season 1 yeah, his schemes were 100% serious and with little goofiness to him. >>11566784imo Prime Megs was just goofy in the other direction with his zombie army dream and getting high on Unicron dust. It could all be very serious and good ideas but the presentation was way more light hearted and I enjoyed that. >I can't bear to sit through any of the Unicron trilogy Understandable it's very rough, but all three versions of Megs in that was very simple to the point I don't think they could count as goofy or serious. It was just this painfully dull "must collect all the things before the Autobots do" sort of stories.
Not that I was planning to get it, but man people really want that new Soundwave don’t they? It’s sold out everywhere.
>>11566811tooners love the sunbowslop
Will Doubledealer from Earthrise ever get a rerelease?
>>11566847when hastak released the botropolis rescue mission pack they destroyed the doubledealer mold by separating the missile part from the main robotis what I would say if I was trying to blatantly lie. I imagine they're saving a double dealer reissue for when they tackle the other masterforce powermasters
>>11566459>It makes mine worseGood.
I'm kicking myself for missing out on Transformers Cloud Shockwave. And a bunch of others but especially him. The whirl mold fits him in robot mode surprisingly well imo
>>11566556Yeah, I really don't know what Hasbro was thinking with Magmatron. A titan class Seasaurus plus Landsaurus and Skysaurus, all for commander class price... what an incredible bargain.
Going blindly into a dogshit Midwest Walmart. Wish me luck
TF Prime babies need to get lobotomies. Worst animation style combined with dogshit pants-on-head retarded storytelling. Only saving grace was bringing back Cullen and Welker for a show.
>>11566717That's the 86 movie squid design and the stingray is too much like Depthcharge. That is lazy.
>>11566529>>11566537The result of the votes are:-Shockwave -aquatic-creatureThe revealed design check all of these criterias, get HoS Shockwaved outta here
I just noticed Galactic Man doesn't have a Decepticon emblem, so I've decided he's Maccadam's bouncer.
>>11566459I like unwritten but obvious rulesbut i'm okay with mechanical animals not following them, because they really never did.one assumes if he actually went to earth, he'd scan a whale shark.
>>11566464i like it!But I like our ideas better.>>11566531well of course they already knew what they wanted. They had to plan it ahead of time. If they waited to START designing until after the vote, first of all, no guarantee it'll even fucking work. secondly, nobody will remember or care by the time the product comes out.This is fine. this is BASICALLY saying look, we have a few good sketches here.. which one do you like best? what they SHOULD do is literally say that, and show us the sketches.>>11566556helps there were no individual robot modes.>>11566566why would you still use BBTS then? that's basically their single pro, the rest is cons or meh.>>11566574that too, especially a whale since it needs to dive and surface>>11566591I still appreciate you>>11566717it occurs to me, nothing stops you from turning the whale's tail sideways, right? Now it's.. approximately a shark. the teeth, the dorsal fin..
>>11566944I want to see a Galactic Man whale Shockwave now. Give him wings for fins and make him a space whale.
>>11566988real easy repaint, though nobody tell them but i'd be buying that instead of the purple one.
>>11566768It came out when IDW's Chris Ryall tried to get Aubrey Sitterson put on a Sunbow Season 2.5 GI Joe book that would have picked up where the movie left off and featured ideas from the never made Sunbow S3 that got rejected in favor of moving the show over to DIC.
>>11566010>X-Men 97 but with TransfomersSo which bot do they reveal was non-binary the whole time (Morph), and gay (Iceman), and were secretly fucking behind everyones back (Rogue and Magneto) in the "faithful" continuation?
We already got the gap between Season 2 and The Movie. It's called TRANSFORMERS DEVASTATION, BABY
>>11567050Thank you, anon. I get sick of being the only one saying shit like this.It was one thing when new shit felt like current times, it's another when they do period pieces and fuck those up too. They're colonizing the past.
>>11566944>Mister Macaddam, why did you hire a failed clone like me, who ain't got the smarts of mr shockwave?>You remind me... Of an old friend. He always made me smile. Now toss that drunkard out on his exhaust
>>11567050They don't have junk to begin with, being space robots. It doesn't matter.
>>11566361Ooh, I do love me a shark battleship.
>>11566841For me, its only non-slop. But all Transformers is slop so for me its nothing. Fellow non-buyers rise up
>>11565944I think this is pretty cool, but I also can't help but think about what happened in the Skybound comics and wonder if this is some kind of weird karma.
>>11565688Next year is Transformers The Movie's 40th anniversary, so any news or chance they'll be putting a line out based on that?What I want is a non-transforming cartoon accurate Unicron and the same in planet mode!?!FACT!!!
>>11566382He's a good figure! My only issue with him is that his balljoints have gotten a lot worse over time, but he's pretty cool outside of that
>>11567050>nonbinaryshockwave >gayStarscream (Rodimus Prime was already confirmed to be gay by his voice actor. Real fact on tfwiki.)>secretly fucking red alert and inferno I mean have you even watched the G1 series it's all obvious
>>11567094studio series 86 is getting a subline with a roleplay matrix.
>>11567100>nonbinary>shockwaveSeriously though, the tranny/non-binary will probably be main cast Autobot. Maybe Cosmos or Cliffjumper.
>>11567100Shockwave is nonbinary but still intensely misogynistic.
>>11567116I would have said one of the combiners because they're literally five people but they use he/him pronouns usually I could see cosmos being nonbinary using it/its pronouns to fuck with people >>11567130duh
>>11567116>>11567130How can a robot be non-binary? They run on 1's and 0's!
>>11567132CARLOS!Shockwave probably uses aternary bit system for greater efficiency, as they use less power (supposedly), which would technically make Him non-binary.
>>11567100>most cool classic cartoon voice actors"Hey man, I don't write 'em, I don't draw 'em. They're not really MY characters, i just came up with the voice, and I'm blessed to get to keep using it. But I'm gonna die someday, and that character's gonna keep living, with someone else's voice">bullshit voice actors"My character's a buttqueer because I say so. Also I won't do the show unless they make him a vegetarian."
saw zero transformers at my local Target again. but I did see some temptingly good Sonic figures. classic Sonic, the GOOD ones! And a whole set, all the characters. I was .. extremely tempted.
Any luck finding '86 Megatron at your local stores? All my Targets have been consistently well-stocked with Commander Hook/Long Haul and Silverbolt. Wish they were that consistent with other Commander classes.
>>11567138>buttqueer
Boncrusher repaint with purple treads when? Just so we can have the option of a Devastator with the double-purple threads from the cartoon. Just stick him in a random fodder 4-pack or something.
Any anybody noticed Toyhax removed their accessories and weapons selection? Between this and Shapeways still being dead there's almost no alternative to Nonnef.
>>11567130>Shockwave is nonbinary but still intensely misogynistic.Gee who would have thought the group of people who think having short hair and being a tomboy means you cant be a woman anymore would hate women!
>>11567221Cmon anon we're just bein silly hereAnyway if anything Shockwave would just be the one being stubborn about "we're robots we don't HAVE genders".
>>11565714Beta Trion $42,99 + tax + tip
>>11566944I should get a Galactic Man one of these daysHave him be generations Nitro Zeus
>>11567138>Also I won't do the show unless they make him a vegetarian.I got that reference!
>>11565824This is it, I’ve found the dumbest post on the entire board. Hasbro pissing money away on a cartoon IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD TWENTY TWENTY FIVE will sell ZERO toys you absolute fucking retard. CHILDREN - the people who Hasbro needs to become fans of transformers for the brand to survive - do not care about cartoons. Know who cares about cartoons? Stupid ass burgers like you who will still buy the toys anyway. A cartoon is literally burning money. And with the current economic environment, hasbro cannot affford to make any mistakes. I’m just happy you are not, and never will work in the toy industry
>>11567245You misused "literally".
>>11567221fuckin roman influence on our culture.>>11567235also Paul McCartney. gotta love that he's got no loyalty to other vegetarians either. Pretty sure loyalty requires a full complement of amino acids.
>>11567227Nah. Total incel.>sees hot babes for the first time in 4 billion years>narrows eye, spits out "FEMALES, I thought they went extinct" with the most contempt possible in his voice
>>11567309i can so hear this..
>>11567309Michael Bay is a hack for not making shockwave a misogynist in dotm
>>11567325There are like 0 woman Transformers in that movie.
>>11567130If they ever get Corey Burton to play him again, I want him to mix it up and use his Brainiac voice.
>>11567325That would require Michael Bay to the Transformers in his.movies actual characters, though.
>>11567361Why are you incels always crying about Michael Bay? It wasn't cringe like a Saturday morning cartoon for you?
>>11567361they are, they have all kinds of depth and personalityand we get to spend about 20 seconds max with each of them. they're like NPCs in one of those games where everyone has their own lives and you can really only catch a glimpse of each one's day.
>>11567366No i expected him to do better than the 'cringe Saturday morning cartoon' and he couldn't even do that. Which is why most people remember the 'cringe Saturday morning cartoon' characters than the glorified background extras from Bayformers.
>>11567366How How has incel come to mean bayformer haters HowWere you even alive when the first movie came out
Thrust reissue is coming in non britbong countries
>>11567376That's.. not how language works? Anon was calling you _both_ of those things.
>>11567387Damnit target. I hate you
>>11567387>think Sunstreaker repack is stupid>realize Target is also selling a Sideswipe redecoHuh that's actually pretty smart of them.
>>11567064no one said it because no one watched the show. Also we can track IPs again
>>11567406It is still stupid, there's an 86 Sunstreaker planned.
>>11567045>the never made Sunbow S3 that got rejected in favor of moving the show over to DIC.There is so much wrong with your post. You are just making up retarded shit now. Sunbow DID make season 3 of Transformers it was made at the same time the movie was in development, same with the Headmaster three episodes we call Season 4. DIC didn't do a season of Transfomers. They did a series of GIJoe.
>>11567420I don't think he's referring to Transformers at all anon, he was referring to G.I. Joe only and is stating that there was an attempt to make a G.I. Joe Sunbow Season 2.5 in comic book form using ideas from a G.I. Joe Sunbow Season 3 that never happened since the show got handed over to DIC.
Is this all for the power station thing?
>>11567550Yeah, seems so odd to me. Advertising-based characters obviously aren't anything new, but they definitely didn't hype up Valvotron or the Chevy Aveo Swerve like this lol. And from what I understand, there isn't even a plan to make a figure out of it outside of a Blokee.
The only thing that would make me care about a new character is a new 2D anime.
The real reason Lio Convoy's release got pushed back was for him to be on sale the same day as the original Takara white and golden lion.
>>11567656This is more fun than it has any right to be.
>>11567600The only thing that makes me care about a new character is a cool toy.
>>11567397Fuck off cunt
>>11567387Fuck yes. Im about to tell every seller on eBay that rejected my <$40 offers to get bent hahahha
Hotrod's Patrol.
>>11567723More like shoulder pylons patrol!
>>11567586Must have been some good size of money then. >>11567600Nothing will make most care here. You are here because death is too far away to stop caring about things, but it's too soon for you to do anything about what you are caring about. Sure a few weird young fans are here but we don't give a shit about 2D.
Maybe this should be its own thread but I'll post it hereI got an email from BBTS addressing the leafs:>To our friends in Canada,>Today, we are thrilled to launch two exciting shipping improvements to Canada.>Effective immediately, we are introducing $8 USD Flat Rate Shipping to Canada exclusively with Direct Duties Paid (DDP) as an additional shipping option. You now can ship ANY number of items to Canadian addresses for just $8 USD (excludes P.O. Boxes and Canadian territories).>With DDP, applicable taxes and duties are collected at checkout, so you won’t face additional fees or inconveniences when your shipment arrives. These new improvements not only lower the cost of shipping to Canada, they also provide a more efficient and hassle-free delivery experience.Any volunteers to be the canary in this particular coal mine?
>>11567790Huh, one of the main reasons I avoided BBTS if I could was because I had to constantly pay duties through DHL. This could be nice.
>>11567723planning to pick up aotp star convoy?
>>11567890Already have
>>11567417not on my end we can't.
>>11567656I mostly like this new lion face, it just needs to be bigger.>>11567708my good man, I wasn't supporting him. Just clarifying that you think two insults means a connection between the two, but it doesn't. You can be a fat retard and it doesn't mean one does the other. except down syndrome, that does do both.
>>11567904Imagine turning into a living battle station for your tiny homies. Titans and Micromasters are a symbiotic relationship right out of a nature documentary
>>11565944>>11565968
>>11567961>one time I put a whole battalion of Micromasters up my ass
When you thougth Star Convoy couldn't be any more Brave, he does this.
>>11567992GGGG is that small? Jesus thats terrible for the price.
>>11568003Smallwave
>>11568016Isn't that a head taller than the siege?
>>11568018
>>11567982well of course, they have no parts in common
>>11568019So it is. Seems to be the perfect size when compared to SS86 Megatron, then.
does bbts usually take two weeks to deliver?
>>11568036They usually take closer to a week or so from what I've ordered. I ordered 86 Magnus from them, it shipped on a Wednesday, and it came in the next Monday
>>11567755Would it kill you to just speak for yourself? Fuckin weirdo out of touch loser.
>>11568049i concur. it's very rare that they send me stuff late.
>>11567992Stop making me want like 600 dollars worth of shit I convinced myself I didnt need earlierIt's so fucking cool hail 5mm pegs
>>11567755>You are here because death is too far away to stop caring about things, but it's too soon for you to do anything about what you are caring about. Sure a few weird young fans are here but we don't give a shit about 2D.What the fuck is with zoomers and insane armchair psychoanalyzing. Most people are here because they like transformers shut your fucking brocolli covered zoom hole
>>11568049>>11568054ordered earthrise Optimus on Sunday of last week, shipping has been delayed to Thursday of next week. Rough for me, I guess.
>>11568072Damn, wonder what the holdup is. That's a pretty old figure at this point
>>11567186They've actually had Silverbolt and Hook/LongHaul online here but the stores are totally bare as usual aside from dusty Earthspark wave one from 2023.
>>11568078it got reissued in 2024 and bbts still has stock, and I prefer the transformation scheme to ss86.. so.. pretty easy choice. I think it's just the shipping company being slow.
>>11567186I know it would be hell to protect from scalpers but I wish target would stock titan classes
>>11568092my target has zero transformers.. and when they do have any, it's like a 3 foot wide bit of shelf space.
>>11568026Amalgus got posted, and he's a classic "doesn't look like anything so he can look like everything" design.
>>11568104hehehhehee. pp gun.
>>11568104>>11568110time to penis (ttp) has been achieved in record time by the designers themselvesanyone else getting metal gear rex vibes?
>>11568069>Stop making me want like 600 dollars worth of shit I convinced myself I didnt need earlierhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhwms1gbk-QBut really, Star Convoy isn't really a must have. The base mode has so many compromises and baffling design choices that mess with the playability of the thing it's insane. Cool as fuck looking robot, though.As for Genesic, It's not perfect but I love it anyways. Really biased as it's my favorite super robot design ever.
>>11568104Some people are going to have a lot of fun with Amalgamous
>>11568115I think star convoy would be a must have if the legs were designed to allow the micro trailer to roll out, and also if there were other actual micromaster bases (AND MICROMASTERS) released around star convoy. Especially with micronus prime coming out, I think hastak should rerelease micromasters. Maybe pack them with larger figures. Ooh, wait, they could have the micromasters activate spring loaded gimmicks on cyberworld toys..
>>11568127Is that Diaclone toy people were talking about?
>>11568127Imagine getting punched and run over at the same time.
>>11568127Most disappointing reveal has to be that you can't move around his shoulder joints. I guess it'll be more sturdy at least
>>11568129>I think star convoy would be a must have if the legs were designed to allow the micro trailer to roll outThis thing bothers me to no end. It's something so freaking obvious and easy to do and they managed to fuck it up.
>>11568133they have rotation, although it doesn't look like they're on 5mm posts... although there isn't anything saying they AREN'T on 5mm posts.
>>11568135it was, like most modern transformers compromises, done to make the robot mode 'better'. No trailer rattling around when you try to pose him.they could have, like, added clips to the front of the micro trailer's cab or something, but ignore that.
>>11568127Separated at birth.
>>11568139Yeah, there's plenty of ways to lock that thing inside without having to use a method that adds freaking blocks to the floor of a parking space. It ruins the playability completely. In fact they could have gone full lazy and kept it that way instead of thinking something better BUT have the other leg with no tabs whatsoever so you can choose between free rolling vehicle or tabbing it.And the worst part of it? Even if they removed the crappy tabbing block the trailer STILL COULDN'T GO THROUGH THE GATE. It's too tall! I just don't understand what the fuck were they thinking.
>>11568127GO DEXTER FAMILY GO
Mixmaster came in today, and finally, Devastator is complete!
>>11568181Optimus Prime is gonna get Devastatored...
>>11568124they did digi legs better here than the guy meant to be the father of beastformers>>11568156that's some post-genndy shit, you need to put in the apostrophe s!!!
>>11568127I guess this is what we can expect from Nexus Prime
>>11568181What if there was an Asurastator?
>>11568184>>11568192There's always a bigger bot
>>11568127The new nexus turned out well
>>11568124>>11568127Honestly probably the most hyped I've been for a mainline in years.It's different. It's new. God I miss that feeling.
>>11568104>>11568124>>11568125>>11568127He looks great. It's going to be fun throwing some Weaponizers on him and seeing what abominations people can come up with.
>>11568104>My father was a wheel,the FIRST wheel! Do you know what he transformed into? NOTHIN! But he did so with honor, dignity, and...
>>11568129>I think {insert figure} would be a must have if {insert minor grievance}We get it youre not buying but still have an opinion, great.
>>11568289What part in that sentence says he did or did not buy it
>>11568291>would be >if But isnt or would have been and not if
>>11568295He could have bought it and is saying that he can’t recommend it because of his grievances.
>>11568289>>11568295I'm going to buy star convoy on sale, but okay buddy
>>11568289I own Star Convoy and the grievances aren't minor. There's plenty of nonsensical design choices that make the toy less fun that it could have been.
>>11568299 (me)I should also probably elaborate on why I don't think it's worth 150$I feel like it didn't really need to be a titan and it's out of scale with the other primes because of this. They could have probably made star convoy a commander class if they made him actually micromaster scale and not 'almost core class' scale. I also don't care about blast effects and those probably tack on at least 10 dollars. I'll probably look for a loose copy without the blast effects on the aftermarket.
>>11568129>also if there were other actual micromaster bases (AND MICROMASTERS) released around star convoy.Yeah, I wanted to get him for my nephews since it's a cool playset, but theres nothing on the market for them to play with the city mode. They're aiming for nostalgia wit hthe roduct but putting in gimmicks for kids and it ends up in a weird spot.
>>11568289that's how that works
The Onyx Prime instructions and product images are wrong, this is how his quadruped mode is "supposed" to work.He has obvious tabs on his shoulders in the same shape as the ones on his hooves, and the tab on that leg also slots in at a slightly different angle to the alignment slots on his back.He looks like shit in every mode than robot anyway, so whatever.
>>11568330This is how I'll have him in beast mode regardless.Even though nothing tabs in, it manages to not look quite so goofy. If the wings could shift up a little it would almost look like a stag or a moose.
>>11568124>>11568125>>11568127Is it safe to assume Nexus is going to be made of 4 or 5 "core" class niggas?
>>11568330I mean that's... BETTER..they should have let his torso unhinge to extend, and then the limbs currently flanking his neck would instead fold in and fill the gap.
>>11568336oh hey hyeah, see.. you kinda put them in back.. torso's still short but.. it's better!course my extension idea wouldn't help centaur mode so nevermind.. just give him more torso you mooks. the horse torso. the horso.
Why did they release Vortex so far out from the rest of Bruticus?
>>11568356I'd imagine the reason is so that the budget on new and different molds can be in two different years. Meaning they don't need to have a retool to have savings (like the Aerialbots which is why they go released within a year) to keep everything in one year for their deluxe size budget.
>>11568003>>11568016>>11568018>>11568019>>11568026In case you're a retard and had doubts, it's been confirmed he can use the other SS86 tapes.
https://eb ay.us/m/LBOgUi
>>11568374elaborate?
>>11568385I'm selling it. If you're interested message me and I'll give a discount so I don't have to give ebay money
Newfag secondary here, what's the easiest way to get that new movie Devastator? Amazon and target doesn't have then all and hasbro pulse has some sold out.
>>11568388oh wow, blackzarak
>>11568396paying scalper money or waiting two years for the boxset
>>11568396You don't. Sad thing about this hobby is if you're late to the party you're shit out of luck unless you're willing to pay insane markup on the secondary market. Or hope they do a re-release. Most of the time it's waiting for them to put out a new version of the character. I waited years for Studio Series 86 Grimlock and they finally re-released him a couple months ago.
>>11568433I remember when I wanted Masterpiece Grimlock when it was in stock at Toys R Us, money was tight so I said I'd get it the next time I was in the store. It sold out and they never got more, so I had to wait a literal decade until they did the Age of Extinction reissue (which now had a $15 extra mark up)
>>11568396>Amazon and target doesn't have then allIf you're missing Scavenger and Mixmaster just be patient
its a cool space jet bit it's kind of a pain in the ass to get thereDon't know if I'll be double or triple dipping on repaints
>>11568372It's his arms that keep bothering me. I don't know what it is, but they feel like they're not meant to be part of the rest of the figure.
>>11568438I only ever grabbed ftone Optimus but this jet looks fun enough to justify Starscream, kind of regret skipping Legatron
>>11568529tfone's toyline has gotta be the worst toyline in transformers history bar none the mainline Optimus figure is better than the studio series optimus figure, there's no Megatron to go with said mainline figure, no non-gimmick elita figure until a year after the movie's release..
Rodimus might have been a downgrade, but the movie newcomers sure weren't.
>>11568563>wheeliewho invited the annoying orange (one)
>>11568563I love Onyx's shadow looming in the background.
>>11568627Kek, I didn't even notice when I was taking it. He's just chilling with Star Convoy on the adjacent shelf until I finally find the motivation to transform him.
>>11568578Hey, at least that's the one that actually transforms. That waste of plastic that came with Grimlock certainly isn't worth putting on a shelf.
>>11568372I never realized Soundwave is that much shorter than Blaster
>>11568679he's not much shorter, but it's mostly in the chest.Siege Soundwave is 6 1/4 inches tallKingdom Blaster is 6 9/16SS86 Soundwave is 6 11/16
>>11568396ToyArena has the entire set still in stock. You can even purchase them as a bundle
Superion is awesome
>>11568725nice faux ab crunch
So with the WfC era finally sunsetting with HasTak rereleases: are there any TFs we didn't get in modern CHUG that you would've wanted? For me it's Novastorm and Thunderclash.
>>11568764powermasters also I still think we'll be seeing 'wfc' style figures, just look at sureshot.
>>11568725>frameslop
>>11568782>opinionslop
>>11568803that's a cool action figure anon. Why did you staple planes onto it though?
>>11568807The best part about the frame system is that you dont wear out any of the Gestalt’s joints by playing with the individual figures. All my CW combiners have loose as fuck elbows and biceps from playing with the bots
>>11568812NTA but I think the basic CW "formula" with more refined engineering (and better quality) could work. Stronger waist, hip and knee joints are all you'd need to make CW arm modes plenty stable. As it stands CW was a low point for engineering and build quality even compared to the lines that directly preceded and succeeded it. I don't think we needed to throw the baby out with the bathwater and make newer combiners out of like, 75% kibble.That said I'm 4 in on SS Devastator and he's pretty awesome. I think the trailer works as a solution to the hips; my biggest gripes are the head being on a simple swivel and the limited elbows.
>>11568764>NovastormUhh...we DID get Novastorm. He was part of the Rainmakers 3-pack with Acidstorm and Ionstorm.
>frameseethe
>>11568764You mean Sunstorm not Novastorm, we got him.
>Back from 70 Vacation (Thanks janny)>The SAME spam/shitposting trolls are still here spamming and shitting up threadsEbigWell hey in my Vacation I found Mixmaster like 3 weeks+ ago and completed Devastator>He sucksGot Retro Gears for like $12 >He's okaySS86 Magnus finally from the BBTS Reissue >Literally PRE stressed parts OUT OF BOXFans Toys Iceman (Air Raid)>PeakSS86 Perceptor>I didn't have him before. I like himAnd Alchemist Prime>Kinda like himI did lose my BBTS Pre Order for SS86 Megatron, Micronus, Onyx Prime, Skydive and Fireflight>Was NOT expecting ALL of them to "Early" arrive at the same fucking timeBut got SS86 Grimlock secured finallyNow to hunt the kit for him and Slug and see if there's anything for Swoop tho Swoop doesn't really need anything I feel but Articulated hands would be nice
>>11568907Nonnef. Everything else is 3d printed crap.
>>11568907>SS86 Magnus finally from the BBTS Reissue >Literally PRE stressed parts OUT OF BOXI had to get a replacement for my first copy. My new one has a few flaws but it’s nothing by comparison. My first copy was a total lemon>blemishes on face >paint chips on blue shoulders>floppy flaps on his shoulder pylons>stress mark on elbow>scuffs and scrapes all over both forearms, including a deep scratch >cloudy, discolored plastic on his chest >bubbles in his chest windows It was a fucking mess
>>11568718Thanks.
>>11568918Can relate a bit. My SS86 Optimus has a conspicuous black speck on the yellow square on his pelvis, can't get rid of it without ruining the yellow paint.
>>11568764I think we could've gotten some Throttlebot retools out of those figures. Shame.
>>11568861nice pube.
>>11568764What makes you think AOTP is any different? That it isn't CHUG?
>>11568998the lack of 5mm ports everywhere
>>11569003Fair enough. I'm not seeing how having less 5mm ports makes AOTP not CHUG but I can't deny they generally have less of them than Siege etc.
>>11569003For the majority of the years CHUG has been a thing, the figures didn't have 5mm ports everywhere. That isn't the defining trait of CHUG.
>>11568998>>11569003For me it's the aesthetic. We're already knee-deep in the current direction of tooner molds -- mostly the 86 line. Soundwave, Windcharger, Megs and Prime and the new Seeker molds all stick out like sore thumbs because greeble and the 5mm ports are being towned down. Not to mention >scale, which is a perfectly valid argument. It's now about owning the "evergreen" designs over prioritizing a toy with versatility. Personally, I always viewed CHUG as a marriage of toy and show sensibilities. Given their current QC I'd say they don't care for the former much.
>>11568995Nigga
>>11568438hmmm yeah. this is a good spacejet. it's a little .. half one thing half another, but in a Star Trek way
>>11568764Hasbro's ridiculous obsession with excessive greebling and shit battle damage that started Siege.
>>11569125>excessive greeblingHeaven forbid something has detail.>shit battle damageOh, you mean the paint applications that are so low-effort that any idiot could take isopropyl to them and marginally improve the look of the toy? How stupid are (you) that this is still an issue seven years later? Here. Have a picture of the best seeker mold and go fuck your mother.
>>11569130I too like transformers that don't actually transform into anything except vague bricks with battle damage
>>11569125i like that greebling, I just think it only belongs on some transformers. particulary, titans. Gives the impression of size.
>>11568764Transmetal Megatron (they would've fucked it up somehow)
>>11569135You must have some funny-looking buildings if this is how your bricks are shaped.
Finally got my Mixmaster in and completed SS86 Devastator. I love him, flaws and all. Most annoying flaw is that his gun is too loose in both fists. Needed to dab a bit of nail polish in the right fist 5mm port so he hold it securely.
>>11569148FTFY
>>11569162Seen some photos of people putting a Core class Megatron on that backpack platform. Inspired me to give it a try with my ROTF Dirt Boss. Fits surprisingly well, actually.
>>11569165That also inspired me to dig out some other Constructicon-adjacent Cons to pose with Devi.
heads up, for some fucking reason. ss87 dotm bumblebee and earthrise runamuck are getting intentionally reissued in U.S. Walmarts. Why? who knows.
>>11569165"Just gimme the scratch-offs and nobody's kitty gets hurt!"
>>11569130>dirty>hyperdetailed>turns into a brick>didn't even like the character that much>but he's very fucking posable>the next one is an upscale of a toy I already own but also have spring-loaded missiles forI don't know why or how the fuck Siege Starscream was so fun for me, absolutely no rational fucking reason for me to have enjoyed it.
>>11569167Just because you are surprised and dont know why something happened, what makes you assume others dont? Weve known those were coming for at least 6 months. Theyre called “reissues”
Speaking of reissues the Beachcomber reissue just got pushed back for literally like the 10th time. I remain hopeful because his wavemate Devcon just showed up. On the other hand, there was a scheduled Breakdown reissue that got delayed a dozen times before it was ultimately cancelled
>ITT on SoundwaveI was going to do post on how the new Soundwave makes their Blaster obsolete (being too small) Then somebody has to pose a image of the new Subwave with a tape next to itOh well
>>11569130>that>SOME detailDude was in the bathtub too long he's gone all pruny.
Just a little cross-franchise talk in regards to how Robotix connected to the Transformers multi-continuity, from the Protecton name and symbol being taken for Animated and Ask Vector Prime (during Spacewarp's Log) making Spacewarp experience the endless war of the Protectons and Terrakons, I have my guess that Amalgamous Prime might have had a hand in the Robotix worldbuilding due to how, like Amalgamous himself, all of the Robotix can freely transform into damn well anything, with human pilots being able to achieve better results for them. In that sense, Compu-Core, the sentient AI that made the citizens of Skallor V transfer their souls to the Robotix, might as well be another form of Amalgamous Prime, with his current incarnation taking parts from a few of the fallen Robotix during the war just so that he himself could fight, which includes the Scythe, also being able to change shape. It may be stupid, but it's one way to bring back relevance for Robotix in Transformers worldbuilding.
>>11569226This post is everything wrong with FunPub's fan fiction.
>>11569217Helps that Blaster is pretty big for a Voyager.
>>11568782>>11568803>>11568807>>11568812>>11568833I feel like what you want in your combiner has more to do if you want the gimmick of transforming toys vs robot action figure. He looks great but the AoP Superion is insulting to call a combiner for the same reasons Legacy Menasor was, the actual combining feels like an afterthought to get the toon accurate look. >>11568907The stains on your Great Wave off Kanagawa pad art is all I can see in that pic.
>>11569217He might be a hint taller but yeah, 86 Megs is still going to tower over everyone.
>>11569297I feel like the Earthrise/Legacy mold looks better. Is it the paint tricking me?
>>11569294>I feel like what you want in your combiner has more to do if you want the gimmick of transforming toys vs robot action figure. He looks great but the AoP Superion is insulting to call a combiner for the same reasons Legacy Menasor was, the actual combining feels like an afterthought to get the toon accurate look.That's a pretty fair assessment. Talking about Superion, the idea of 5 cool jet robots that combine into one big robot is awesome (especially as a jetfag), but G1 cartoon Superion himself is mediocre as a design. Like, speaking purely for myself I want a Superion, just not THAT Superion.
>>11568807cause that's what Sunbow did and the fans want Sunbow
>>11569308*some fans want Sunbow
>>11569299Well right off the bat the Studio Series picture has the waist backwards so it rotated the legs around at the knees to try and compensate for this.
>>11569294Nah, it's still a combiner. You aren't the person in charge of deciding what is and isn't one.
>>11569317I was looking more at the chest and head but even looking over the pics in my preorder it just looks worse. Perhaps the lightning? It just gives off a Super7 Ultimates with a near soft plastic look. >>11569318the anon didn't say it wasn't a combiner. you seem upset.
>>11569299Nah I agree too. The colors, paint and details on the legacy/earthrise mold is way better. 86 Soundwave looks oddly bloated and plain and I'm not a fan of how the plastic looks either. It really looks like some kind of upscaled KO or R.E.D toy. I don't think im gonna be replacing my soundwave any time soon.
is it likely takara will do a box set for superion and devastator like they did with menasor? I kinda like getting everything in just one box set
>>11569309*the real fans want Sunbow
>>11569297The new one just looks so...cheaply made. I've never been a fan of them trying to make things look exactly like the cartoon - the show took a lot of shortcuts in a lot of ways and omitted a lot of small details, but there's no reason the toy should look so bland. It's a robot; some greebling and paneling is welcome.Between all the unnecessarily smooth surfaces, lack of any metallic paint, that oversaturated blue and yellow (which are the wrong colors for him, anyway), and how small his head is compared to the rest of his body (which was a gripe I had with the Siege/Earthrise mold as well), he just looks like some kind of cheap knockoff.
>>11569297The most "sidegrade" chug figure of all time.
>>11569370Probably, but Evan said it won't be as soon as Menasor's was, not for a couple of years at least.
>>11569400guess I'll just hold off on getting them then, shouldnt be a problem to get them later if theres no box set planned.thanks
I want a new First Aid toy.
Patiently awaiting Long Haul and Hook so devastation can commence.
>>11569385Why is a smooth surface unnecessary?
>>11569428I have all six of my constructicons already here yet im still waiting for bbts to ship out my 86 megs preorder....
>>11569385>It's a robot; some greebling and paneling is welcome.I'm not a cartoon accurate person but robots are a largely fictional thing.It can look like anything. There's no about greeble.
Happy birthday to myself
>>11569462Happy birthday anon
>>11569374>Unironically invoking TRUE FANThe absolute state of tooners.
>>11569462Happy burthday anon, nice haul
>>11569487must have taken pretty LONG to track down such a HAUL.
>>11569462happy birthday
Re: Insecticon Venom 1. He is ugly and I think the toy looks shitty. Unironically resembles a bootleg from Big Lots. The shades of the colors they chose are too vibrant and dont meld with the rest of his team 2. This figure makes me feel guilty because I know there are a lot of collectors who want the full set and dont have it
>>11569524I was convinced I didn't need the full team after seeing the stock photos. Plus some other Anon here was hurting for a Ransack at non-rape prices, so I obliged. No, I'm going to go the troop-build route with the upcoming DCS, maybe get a third set of the trio with lots of scalpers trying to offload their overstock.
>>11569535That was nice of you anon
>>11569428It still pisses me off that they made a frameslop Devy but not frameslop enough so Hook and Longhaul can have a DYEL combiner mode
>>11569549I wouldn't call a seperate crotch frameslop to be desu, if it was like newage's then yeah
>>11569385Hasbro is consistently incredibly fucking dogshit at color choices for their toys. It makes me hate the brand unification nonsense because at least during CW/TR era you could just wait 6 months to get the non-shit version from Takara.
>>11569579I feel like this is just 86 megs again, a lot of crying because photography is not 1:1 with in hand colours
>>11569594SS86 Megs' colours are pretty vile, though. Especially that nasty grey they used instead of proper silver.
>>11569594People were still complaining about the colors despite after learning that the protos had different colors?
>>11569594It still looks like shit though? DCS has better silver.
>>11569424Hope you get him and he's good and not some bad retool of a Stunticon and/or Combaticon
Around when do you think they'll shoe off 2026 AotP stuff? I really want to see Liege Maximo already.
>>11569594Megs was just looking over the lower legs colors and little else. Post release it was the QC of his face that took center stage.I hope you are right however and it's just a photo issue
>>11569596My man actually thinks Megatron is silver
>>11569602Depends on what happens in the next three months. Personally I'm worried we might see a "freeze" for awhile and we won't be seeing much.
>>11569602I think the next show is NYCC
>>11569607He is.
>>11569616that's gold innit
>>11569385>>11569430nta but I put it more as unnecessarily simple look as mentioned by >>11569367 he looks more like a straight up RED action figure with their gummy appearance and that could be in large part due to how close he looks just like the Sunbow model. Looking over the 12 years ago MP Takara made I think the issue is just plastic that smooth is always going to look awful unless you paint it in some way.
>>11569602>>11569614Which is October 9-12
>>11569607What color* is this, asshole?*colour, because I know you're a filthy Englishman.
>>11569617>Anon thinks this is gold
>>11569594yeah I'm sure it's just a coincidence literally every other soundwave toy looks fine in photos but this one looks like shit
>>11569428why did they make Megs so much taller than the other SS figures?
>>11569654He's the leader.
>>11569654Because they want you to buy Megs, Seekers (x12), Soundwave (plus all the cassettes), and Shockwave all over again.
>>11569648Gunmetal :^)
>>11569662Gunmetal is darker. Accept defeat or receive another verbal lashing, bitch
>>11569656>we have to make deluxe price figures minute because scale has to be accurate>fuck scale, and fuck your collection, we're making Megatron huge
>>11569654Scaled up to Commander Optimus, but this is the real reason >>11569658
>>11569579Now I know why he’s not doing it for me. I’m so used to the details on the G1 Toy that aren’t present here like the shoulders.
>>11569672>HOLY FUCK HE'S HALF A HEAD TALLER MY COLLECTION IS FUCKING RUINEDDDD FUCK YOU HASBRO WAHHHHHHscalefags, not even once
>>11569654Because he needs to be as tall as 86 Optimus and 86 Optimus finally is the correct size compared to the autobot cars, no matter what the Earthrise defenders say. He was always huge compared to them and only a head smaller than Grimlock.
>>11569679Post your shelf. Lemme see what a non-scalefag does with their hobby.
>>11569669NTA but that's very clearly not a silver P38
>>11569679>Just buy the new slop bro. Don't you dare fucking complain!
>>11569648>>11569682on the topic of the gun color, megs was supposed to be the U.N.C.L.E. Special, and the U.N.C.L.E. special was more similar to >>11569648 than chrome or silver. So..
enlightened scalefags using 86 Megatron and Earthrise Optimus for true animated (the only good transformers tv series) scale
>>11569686
>>11568914Nonnef is pretty good but annoying to track down a reliable way to buy their kitsRenderform did well but he sold out of his Crasher head so fast and did a second batch and I STILL couldn't find her figure anywhere for so long where it wasn't $50+>>11568918I'm too tired to do multiple pics and make a collage but>Armpits>A panel in the armpit assembly>A spot on the back/Truck CabThey had noticeably faint white line stressing right out of the fucking box>>11569294It's about 5 years old now and has some discoloration around the bottom left and right because it's been mad hot on and off and my wrists sweat and rub sometimes during long gaming stuff
>>11569686I use Leader Animated Megatron and Voyager Animated Prime for that, but you do you.
Fuck G1 tooner scale.G1 Marvel scale was all that mattered.
>>11569697post pics of Prime's white backpack and your mouth-having purple soundwave customs
>>1156968086 Optimus has no stripe and is thus inferior.
>>11569607He literally is
>>11569689Nonnef's kits are well-stocked for a few months, typically. And even when they run out you can generally buy the individual parts (sans Grimlock's crown).You arent missing out on the renderform. Crasher has a shrunken head and DSLs.
>>11569706I'm talking about scale and you're talking about decos. Completely different things, my retarded friend.
>>1156970886 Optimus doesn't have butt wheels, exposed thighs in truck mode, extremely short upper arms, waist gaps and a dinky trailer, so I'll take that over a stripe any day.
>>11569662
>>11569697>G1 Marvel scale was all that mattered.Nice, I guess Omega Supreme should be able to magically shrink from a titan class toy to a leader and remain that way forever.
>>11569721>I guess Omega Supreme should be able to magically shrink from a titan class toy to a leader and remain that way forever.Power armor that turns into a base. PotP Optimus did it.
>>11569721That's why NewAge Omega Supreme exists
>>11569721siege Omega supreme should have been a leader and closer to scale with the micromasterssiege titan should have been MetroplexI will not accept criticism
>>11569679Back in 2018 the TF team push hard that Studio Series was going to be scale focused with the idea being what you saw on screen would be the size of the bots. When they started doing the 86 Movie figures in 2021 for the 35th film anniversary they stated multiple times they keep with the scale of the figures as they match to at least the 86 screen scale. That all fell apart one year later when in 2022 they introduced core class figures from both the Bumblebee film and 86 movie that were not to scale such as 86 Ratchet, BB Shockwave, etc and soon scale became a major after thought(Examples: RotB Airrazor and Rhinox are far to small when compared to Primal and Cheetor, 86 Ultra Magnus towers over the cast when he should be only a head taller, Springer is also to big) and it just kept going. I think the only reason people notice it with Megs is because many pair up the core Decepticons in a way most don't the Autobots. Most put Megs, Soundwave, Starscream and Shockwave close together while it's rare to see any constant theme of Autobots. Also doesn't help that the other four are to the right height and it's Megs that became a giant.
>>11569686>scalefag
>>11569730I would like that if only so the Guardian repaint they made later would be small enough I could recreate this scene with Superion
>>11569736It's funny how the scale of Autobots like Beachcomber and Windcharger got fucked completely by proxy of not being made post-TR / pre-AotP. They both look very out of place compared to ER Prime.
>>11569752The minibots are all kinds of fucked up scale wise but I somewhat understand as they never stayed the same in the show. Like in Blaster's Blues Cosmos didn't even come up to Blasters Knee but in God Gambit and Sea Change he was just a head shorter than Jazz and Preceptor and both of those are very close to Blasters height and he was about twice the height of Bubmlebee who would be anywhere from twice the size of Spike to just shy of Jazz's chin. I get the challenges they have but it's harder to excuse the Decpticons as they were far more on model start to finish.
>>11569462i always feel special this time of year then remember it's everyone else's birthday too. our parents all fucked on christmas.
>>11569579takara's beast wars guys often had some slightly off colors, too.colors are hard
>>11569649in the picture he replied to, it has a gold tinge. suggesting it's reflecting something yellowish nearby
>>11569762It's a brilliant silver reflecting the light off my piss.
>>11569787good lord the centurion ion blaster is out of scale
>>11569649He wasn't the only one. The early UK Marvel comics depicted Megatron with a gold/yellow chest because of the coloring of his box art too.
I wonder why the "nooooo Megatron is silver" guy keeps showing up when he gets laughed out of every thread.
>>11569815Why do you?
>>11569815They can't be "laughed off" if they keep showing up, stupid.
>>11569835laughing-off isn't permanent
>>11569838Yuh-huh
>>11569742That would be as innacurate to that pic as Superion with titan Omega. A leader would only reach Superion's waist.
>>11569839naw that's 'laughed out of town'
>>11569462Happy birthday!
>>11569462Happy birthday bro, looks like a lot of fun. I hope you are able to find a nice God Bomber to go with Ginrai.
post base mode setups
>>11569889the sillier the better
>Mom said it's my turn on the Xbox
>>11569906>Silverbolt if he HighMoon Studios design
hasbro.. micromaster reissues... I beg...
>>11569934they will...at deluxe figure prices
>>11569966If they packed two two-packs of micromasters together and sold them at deluxe prices I'd honestly be okay with that 7 dollar bullshit tax because some of the aftermarket micromasters are insane Honestly I would kill for micromaster six team updates, they could totally get away with six teams at voyager price.
>>11569968you'll get one micromaster each at $25 and like it!
>>1156997127$*
>>11569978
>>11569710It's baffling to me that Renderform has being doing their thing for so long and in all that time never learned to sculpt faces. And people continue to buy their shit.
>>11569934Sorry anon, maybe if you'd bought them when they were originally available during Siege/ER then the size class wouldn't have failed and been cancelled.
>>11569991isn't that ugly face accurate to an ugly character from the comics?
>>11570004>the comicsChrist almighty God bless the lord amen. Child, it's Crasher from Gobots.
>>11570009ohhh right right. sorry. I knew it looked familiar.yeahhh they basically fucked up the face proportions.. each feature is too high or low. and without the cowl, it's not a very satisfying head, though I'm sure there was no avoiding that to maintain transformation
>>11569462Post your cybershark I always loved that dude
>>11569718>butt wheelsAnd ER doesn't have undersized wheels in vehicle mode.>exposed thighs in truck modeER doesn't have exposed thighs in truck mode, he has thighs made of truck behind, which is how it should be.> extremely short upper arms, waist gapsNeither does ER.>dinky trailerER's trailer is fine. And considering SS86 Prime's trailer is proportionally the same size compared to the robot as ER, SS86 has the same "problem" except with the added bonus of being too big next to other CHUG figures.
>>11569966>>11569968>>11569978>Thinks we will be getting anything when WW3 kicks up in FebruaryEnjoy what you got now mates
>>11570119>ER's trailer is fine.What's the most important of a trailer? BEING ABLE TO PUT THINGS INSIDE IT! WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!
>>11570157And you can, it's hollow and opens up. You can put plenty of stuff in there.
>>11570187The shit is so small it barely can hold Micromasters.
>>11570221Regular freight trucks don't usually have cars in their trailers, anon.
>>11570157>>11570221Cars don't load into Prime's trailer because why the fuck would a car fit into a semi-truck's trailer? That's never how they've been used irl.
>>11565944>>11568127>Spend a few days away>All of the sudden all of the new modular aquato-bot tech gets announcedExciting times!
>>11570059Why?
>>11570224>>11570243G1 toy could do it no problem.
>>11570292The G1 toy also had chrome and spring loaded mmissiles. Why stop your pitching at a toyetic feature that existed all of once or twice?
>>11570295*bitchingI have been exposed as a mobile poster, so I have no choice but to admit I lost whatever argument this is.
>>11570157You can fit plenty in there, bro - I store all of my extra blast effects between ER Prime's and Nemesis Prime's trailers.
>>11570292The G1 toy was a Diaclone figure built to be a mobile base that could transport other Diaclone toys. It also had seats for human Dianauts. The ER figure is intended from the start to be Optimus Prime from Transformers, meaning he isn't scaled to interact with other characters like that anymore and isn't designed as a playset first and foremost like the original was.
>>11570319Autobot cars also could fit into the trailer of Optimus Prime from Transformers.
>>11570119>butt wheels>And ER doesn't have undersized wheels in vehicle modeAnd the SS doesn't have a giant bumper peeking from the sides of his ass on top of the wheels. If I have to choose, I clearly go for smaller wheels and a robot mode without crap hanging on his ass.>ER doesn't have exposed thighs in truck mode, he has thighs made of truck behind, which is how it should be.You're seeing the gray of the robot thighs in vehicle mode because they didn't bother to hide them properly. You're going to sperg about a missing stripe on the truck and handwave the jarring grey lower sides of the cab, something even the G1 toy never had?> extremely short upper arms, waist gaps>Neither does ER.Yes it does. Modern Optimus toys have arms clearly separated into shoulders, upper arms and lower arms. The ER has the same problem as other versions where the shoulder section is way too long and messes with the proportions of the arms. It looks like it has shoulderpads that hang too low instead of the accurate squares the SS has, and makes the upper arms look undersized and they disappear when you bend the elbow. And don't tell me there's no spaces between the top of the hip joins and the waist when they clearly are there. As for the trailer, no matter what kind of mental gymnastics you do, it's undersized as fuck.
>>11569708>>11569718>>11570119>>11570387children, children settle down. It doesn't matter because Henkei Optimus is superior to both.
>>11570387>And the SS doesn't have a giant bumper peeking from the sides of his ass on top of the wheels. If I have to choose, I clearly go for smaller wheels and a robot mode without crap hanging on his ass.So you'd rather the robot in DISGUISE had a crap disguise, got it.>You're seeing the gray of the robot thighs in vehicle mode because they didn't bother to hide them properly.They don't need to be hidden, they're extra vehicle detail.>As for the trailer, no matter what kind of mental gymnastics you do, it's undersized as fuck.No it isn't. It's the same size relative to Prime as SS86's, and SS86 Prime is too big.
>>11570337Yes, because those toys were either small enough to fit or were previously Diaclone figures designed for that. The modern toys are scaled to their show sizes now and aren't designed with that kind of interaction in mind anymore, and while you may be able to squeeze some of the smaller characters into ER Prime's trailer, it's not an intended feature like it was back then.
>>11570407Who's talking about toys? I'm talking about the character of Optimus Prime from Transformers.https://youtu.be/7eFZuvZ99NY?feature=shared&t=929
>>11570400His thighs are absolutely not vehicle detail, in fact they're the exact opposite. They're distracting, inaccurate voids of detail with flimsy gas tanks that can barely hold up. SIEGE did this shit better, with a far more interesting transformation and considerably more detail
>>11570401well at least he's not as oversized as Megs. Still no sure if I need yet another Soundwave though
>>11569596>instead of proper silverno one cares, he's gray for 99% of the time.
>>11570401God, he looks so dull and flat.>>11570408The "character" of Optimus Prime existed solely to sell the toy. The toys are the primary medium.>>11570416He's silver. Megatron being grey is the result of the cartoon being too cheaply made to properly render the silver, and future interpretations taking this literally as being flat grey.
>>11570408>see! They fit in his trailer!You should be lobbying for a micromaster Sunstreaker and Jazz instead.
>>11570446Why, the Studio Series trailer fits them just fine. But the poor malnourished Earthrise trailer doesn't.
>>11570449Hmm...>shove Sunstreaker in a plastic box that costs $79.99, and pay $65.99 for the Megs to accompany it for scale, and don't forget to upgrade your Seekers and Soundwave, goym!Or>my wfc shelf is fine and you can choke on my nuts, because what faggot spends time trying to cram alts into Prime's trailer?
>>11570408>Show full of inconsistent sizes, animation errors, and outright cheating can do something the toy can'tYou don't say...next you're going to complain about not being able to fit Devastator inside Astrotrain.
>>11570401Just tell us how many tapes he holds, dammit.
>>11570454>>11570478Even Blitzwing wouldn't be able to score with how much you keep moving this goalpost.
>>11570488Bruh, I'm not sure you even remember what the goalpost even was at this point.
>>11570488CHUG died with AotP. Feast from your tooner trough.
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>>11570401>megatron and the constructicons have a bunch of greebling>soundwave and the new seekers barely have anyI wish they would just pick an aesthetic and stick with it
>>11570493>Earthrise trailer is too small>No it's not you can't fit anything inside of it>REAL trucks can't fit cars inside their trailers!>The G1 toy could do it>Um that was a Diaclone toy, Earthrise is a toy of Optimus Prime the CHARACTER from TV>Optimus from the TV could fit cars in his trailer too>I-It's not important anyway! The cartoon sucked!And that's currently where we're at.
>>11570511Historically, the toy has done it maybe twice, three times. The G1 cartoon did it all of four times total. No other TF media does this or has done it since. Lol. Lmao.
>>11570288I changed my mind
>>11570507Why so bitter anon? I was just sharing the info for someone who wanted them, if you don't like it just keep scrolling
>>11570518Posting links outside of 4chan's advertising, bud. Move along.
Bro go play with your Earthrise Optimus. No one is taking it away from you.
>>11570519Ok imaginary patrol police guy lol
>>11570522>>11570525WfC was the last vestige of any creativity that was at Hasbro. Now you'll gargle and swallow what Habsro spits into your mouths.
>ER vs SS86 Prime AGAINSS86 does some things better than ER, and is overall an upgrade, but not enough of one to justify the higher price, and the scale inflation is annoying. Both (and Siege for that matter) are pretty good G1 Primes.
>>11570532Haha poo poo pee. Haha stinky haha
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>>11570401They both look awful imo.I don't like the scale creep on 86 Prime, but that figure still at least looks really good as a standalone display piece. But not these guys.
>>11570428no, his FACE is silver.you think his face is WHITE?
>>11570567>Megatron has a white face>except for his Bayformer counterpart, who puts on blackface
>>11570532Siege sucks dick for not having a real alt mode
I bought this only for Whisper and SideswipeBut fuck, Rodimus is actually pretty great. Still hate his handlebar 'stache, but the figure might be one of my favorite I've fiddled with.
>>11570511>Um that was a Diaclone toy, Earthrise is a toy of Optimus Prime the CHARACTER from TVAnd this is the point where you lost track of what was being said. The G1 toy was a Diaclone playset, designed for interactivity with other Diaclone figures and set. The Earthrise toy is designed to be an individual character, and thus has no interactivity designed into it; his trailer is an accessory now and not the playset part of a toy intended to be used with others.Realistically, while you CAN put stuff in ER Prime's trailer, it's not large enough to stick another robot in - not because the trailer is too small like you claimed, but because it's proportional to ER Prime himself, who is smaller than the 86 Prime. Of course the bigger toy gets the bigger trailer - but SS Prime and SS Megs are TOO big for who they're supposed to be anyway.
earthrise prime is cool because he has a flat back and isn't commander price86 prime is cool because he has presence and aura (and the touch)at least we can all agree: they're both better than kingdom tracks
>>11570157Anon
>>11570641Trvth nvke
>>11568396BBTS has most of them in stock except Long Haul/Hook. (Mixmaster and Scavenger just came out so they might be back to preorder.) Fact is, you might have to shop around and get them from 2-3 places.
Selling shattered glass rodimus set 30 bucks shipping included
>>11570628It's proportional to Devastation Optimus, but not ER Optimus.
>>11570702This isn't Reddit or your EbayEither make a BST port properly or piss off man
>>11570707this actually makes devastation Optimus look half decent in truck mode, wow.also devastation Optimus has a beautiful robot mode. hot take I know
>>11570738Dev. Optimus would also have a passable truck mode if it weren't for that dopey "mouth" gap above his bumper
>>11570750I dunno why they even did it. Was it for the wheels to fold better or something?also it could be improved tenfold by having the bits of the blue hand pieces that show up in truck mode painted grey instead of red as well.
>>11570753Apparently it was the only way to fit in those two circular white hinges
>>11569739Ain't that those furries that think they're lizards?
>>11570761legacy core class Iguanus owner here (this gives me authority on this topic) those are scalies. Scalefags to speciesist furfags.
>>11570622>left>$25 voyager>right>$60 leader
>>1157077342$ voyager*to play devil's advocate.. soundwave comes with more accessories (two blasters) and three painted cassette partners. To stop playing devil's advocate; This doesn't justify leader price in my opinion and the frankly bullshit seven dollar price jump should be enough to pack in all three partners.thank the orange one for this btw
just opened up Nova Prime and wth is this? Why did they put him in bondage and in a paper bag? What kind of geniuses are they hiring to make these stupid packaging decisions?
>>11570803Don't kinkshame Nova.
>>11570785That Blaster is also selling for $35 right now.
>>11570805i don't understand why they need to tie him up when he's already secure wrapped up in paper. Also, I have never seen them do a clamshell for the box before,
Fun fact, after the price hike, Haslab Liokaiser is now worth exactly the same as 7 voyagers.
>>11570803Earthrise prime was tied up with his legs spread, valve hanging out in a fully open clear plastic box, nova is conservative by transformers standards
>>11570818Are the liokaiser limb bots deluxe sized or voyager sized?
>>11570841That's subjective
>>11570773Blaster is REALLY sub par for a voyager though.Like, Siege soundwave just blows him out of the water.
>>11570848probably done so they could pack in eject easily
>>11570841well, considering they come with their own micromasters, they're definitely in the "small voyager plus minion" category.compare them to the combiner wars deluxes, and there's like, 50% more bulk.
>>11570852I guess. A LOT of people at the time, especially since perceptor came out and was particularly tall for a deluxe, thought Blaster was disappointing.I think the new leaders are making people pay for engineering, and saying "Screw size"It's hard to look at armada megs and then ss86 soundwave and say "yeah, these are worth the same" until you notice soundwave has 50% more parts.
My Toxitron bots are about to be strapped.
>>11568764I wanted a weaponizer Whirl
>>11570882would have been a whirl of a timewhat mold do you think they'd retool.
Do I pull the trigger on PotP Predaking?
>>11570785naw, I think I'll thank Hasbro for their usual bullshittary
>>11570889Six Gun seems like the most logical choice
>>11570890Only if you can stand the toy weight being "too light".
>>11570882weaponizer Whirlseems a little random. why would Whirl be a weaponizer?
>>11570900He looks like a modular kinda thing. That bigass claw could go a long way for some shoulder-mounted action!
>>11570918yeah, the spindly limbs would work well for weaponizing
>>11570773>$25 voyager
>>11570890Fuck no, worst titan.
The gang's coming together
>>11570924how's micropenis prime
>>11570924ngl Alchemist Prime is really dragging the group's image down. I can't get over the fact he looks like the fat fuck steampunker from the CiCi's Pizza commericals.
>>11570803The Angel baby specialThe chosen prime
>>11570931that's the intention he's been a civilian bartender for 14 million years he's not going to look posh
>>11570923Nah, that's still Fort Max.
>>11570929He's just a little guyWith a leader class sized instruction roadmap
>>11570941let me guess, it's detailing all the ways you can place the three separating parts onto other figures
>>11570939It's the mustache. Alpha Trion gets a pass cuz he's sweet as fuck, but dudes like Alchemist and Scourge just look out of place imo. But I do have a copy and he's fun as he'll to transform so it's negligible.
>>11570942There's how to turn the bulk of it into the bike, which is a processHow to turn the disc into a little man and mount him to the bikeAnd how to use all the separate bits as weaponizer pieces
>>11570945you don't dis Scourge's stache
>>11570955It's GAY, and frankly impractical for a robot.
>>11570803so you can wear him around in your pocket and he can be your buddyalso: potato sack race with his estranged daughter. he's trying.
>>11570963you're gay and impractical for robots scourge's stache is so awesome even galvatron and hot rod stole it (see: cyberworld galvatron and SG Rodimus)
>>11570980Okay but dude Rodimus Unicronus literally looks like one of the Village People.
>>11570963how is a sculpted stacheless upperlip more practical or less gay?
I really gotta find a Fireflight and a Silverbolt now
>>11571000it might be hard to find silverbolt considering he's been FRAMED for murder (of the brand)
>>11571000Silverbolt is at every Target right now if you have one nearby
>>11571011I am seriously surprised at just how easy it is to find AOTP Silverbolt. I never saw Legacy Motormaster in any store even once.
>>11570931... is CiCi's Pizza still a thing, I can't remember the last time I saw one.
>>11571017I know the last one in my home state closed down before I left high school at least.
>>11571011Target doesn't exist in Canada
>>11570622>>11570848He's great but I also never got the Kingdom and Ramhorn can go Capybara mode
Okay, ToyhaxThis is cute
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>>11571032brawn would totally do this>>11571036a new thread actually at image limit for once? did that.. I dunno, French guy get banned? praise be.
>>11570854I wanna say i'm hopefully he won't have QC but considering the past like 3 TF Haslab'sLolLmao even>>11570924Man they're shaping upSo we're waiting on Amalgamous, Quintus, Nexus and Liege?I think Amalgamous is a Leader? Quintus is Deluxe and we haven't seen the other two but supposedly Liege is Leader?Nexus like HAS to be Leader or Commander right? Cause he's a Combiner
>>11571042Amalgamous is a Voyager. Liege is a Leader and Nexus is Voyager.
>>11570773I paid $60 last year for SS86 Blaster. Presales on Target went too fast and none of them showed up in stores. The $60 was the best price at the time considering what they were going for on eBay.
>>11571110Are you insane? You paid $60 for the fourth release of Blaster.
https://e bay.us/m/IIzNFx
That link is a virus
>>11571127Third, IIRC. I wanted SS86 Blaster because I liked the coloring better and Eject was not clear plastic but he sold out so fast the only place left was the aftermarket. Amazon for awhile had him up for over $100 and eBay had them for more. That $60 hurt but it was the cheapest one found on Aliexpress and there was no guarantee they would re-release him like they are now.
>>11565947what a coinicidence that I stumble upon that model sheet typo yesterday
>>11571038He’s busy pestering the lego thread with shilling still
>>11568454since the legs have greebles that weren't present on the g1 show, it doenn't match up to the rest of the animation accurate blank body. The arms feel wrong because they're so blank compared to the vastly larger legs, even though the legs are "wrong", they look better.
>>11568454There's a much larger gap between his shoulder armor and his forearm armor, making his arms look a lot scrawnier.
